We like food around here, particularly healthy food. We also recognize that making food that tastes good, is also healthy and is something that even the pickiest young eater will eat and is relatively easy to fix can be difficult. That’s why we made healthy, fun, yummy food the topic of conversation at a recent MomItForward Twitter Girls’ Night Out (#gno) party, sponsored by the National Dairy Council. You’d be surprised at the tips offered for making healthy …
Weight Loss: How You May Be Sabotaging Your Weight Loss SuccessYou have the fridge stocked with healthy food, you’ve chucked the sweets, you’re hitting the gym… regularly, you’re doing everything “right.” But you still cant seem to get or keep the weight off. So what’s the deal?
It’s possible that you may be exercising too much and not eating
Healthy Eating: How to Teach Teens Healthy Eating HabitsTeaching kids to make healthy eating choices can be tough; just try enticing your teen with a carrot stick or broccoli florets. YUCK and NO WAY! Healthy snacks are not cool. They would rather grab fast food out. So how can we encourage our teens to eat healthy?
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Healthy Living: The Benefits of Fasting and Detoxingme • health & fitness • lifestyle • health-wellness
For centuries people have fasted. Fasting doesn’t have to be about deprivation or making a statement. It doesn’t have to be about food either. Some people might want to fast from Facebook, technology, testing, or television for 24 hours. Letting go of habits… allows you to let in other
Heart Health: Tips for Living a Healthy Lifestyleme • health & fitness • lifestyle • health-wellness
Developing time for your self care in relation to your physical body is a must for optimal health…. By now, most of us have heard that the leading cause of death for women and men in the United States is heart disease, and over 60 million Americans currently suffer
Kids and Healthy Eating: Tips From the Frigidaire Kids Cooking AcademyAs a mom, do you ever struggle to help your kids eat well-balanced meals? Do you have to hide their vegetables and trick them into healthy choices? Raising nutritious eaters needs to start when children are young through modeling and actively teaching healthy living throughout their lives.
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Frigidaire and Jennifer
A while back I heard that spinach was high in fiber. “Great!” I thought. I have the fiber area covered. 25-35 grams can’t be that hard to squeeze in, right? I have been known to put down an entire Costco… bag of spinach by myself in less than 2 weeks.
The holiday season is among us. Some of us are knee deep in snow, others are up to our eye balls in gift wrapping, while others are buried in the stress of planning holiday meals, baking cookies and trying to figure out how to avoid those extra pounds that tend…
Top 10 Ways to Get Rid of Guilt About Not Dieting This Holiday SeasonSo, what do you think? How many years after childbirth can us moms still get away with the “It’s just baby weight” explanation for those lingering, extra five (or so) pounds? As we enter into the Halloween-Thanksgiving-Christmas-New Year’s-Marathon-of-Eating season, I say lose the guilt, eat with abandon, and rationalize it.…
Before I was a mom I never realized how precious sleep was. Balancing motherhood, work, and household responsibilities makes me feel like I am always running a step behind on energy and sleep. My usual method to get me through is a huge latte each morning but that caffeine really…
Ride a bike or walk to a close destination to which you would normally drive.
Date: Wed., May 30
Time: 2-3 p.m. ET
Book: Dad Rules by Treion Miller
